With that said, I did put some effort into styling the theme to my liking. The results of that effort are debatable of course, which is all in good fun. Personally what struck me about Kyle’s take on the design was his discussion of how the styling fits my personality, or voice. Can’t say I consciously set out to do this, but it’s an interesting thought. I would think the closer one hews to keeping the style and typography consistent with their tone of writing, the more impact a design might have, that creating what “looks cool” might not be the best approach if it deviates from the style in which you say it. I’d be curious to hear from some professionals if, and how, they factor these decisions into their work.

Hopefully this site will build a strong fan base, and not just attract those who want to say “this site isn’t all that”, too may people want people to stand up and notice their work, and to that end bash everybody else’s work.

Find something you like about the sites that stand-out to you, and hope it inspires others, or not.

The presentation of the content goes beyond whatever the wordpress theme started to be!

Here’s a link to the original theme.

not very unique if you ask me.

^ You posted this a month ago eh, Kyle?
Is it bad that I am ignoring the design somewhat and focusing on the funny comments dotted around the index page?
Heh, not too fond of the ‘featured’ bit at the top. I think it’s the border colours of the tabs that’s throwing me off. It is impressive for what is virtually an imageless design.

@Benek Sometimes typography ties in contextually and this is a great example using content to further add meaning to type choices. While from a purely artistic standpoint it may be more bland than Jesús Velasco for example, it does have some interesting concepts things to learn from.

Speaking of learning, perhaps a discussion on how to spice up the site could be interesting?

In article view format, I think that the page is very aesthetically-pleasing aside from the right-most sidebar. I don’t care for the separators between the links. It doesn’t do a good enough job of breaking down each line, in my opinion.

I’m not a fan of the search form’s forced-styling. If I wanted to use Safari, I would do so, or I would use a Safari theme for Firefox. I prefer things on a page to collaborate with my browser’s theme. I realize that by using that particular search form, it adds additional functions, but a rather small PHP snippet could solve the issue by serving it only to specific browsers.

It was a very nice review. I must say, you could not have picked a better site to critique. I had not heard of it until I read the review, but I love Amos’ prose. His edge is a very unique thing in today’s politically correct world, and I love his humorous comparisons.